I don't really have a desire to continue working on this mod. If someone wants it updated to 0.13 I can do that, but I don't plan to add anything else to this mod (anyone else feel free to pick it up if you want).

Placement Chest

Info:

Adds a special chest entity to the game that will automatically place items that it can next to it every second

Supports blueprints

Comes in normal chest and logistic version

Details:

Factorio Version: 0.12.x+ (tested with 0.12.33, should work with any stable 0.12)

This mod adds a Placement Chest to the game that will automatically place entities that are fed into it. The placement interval and direction that the chests place are both configurable.

Almost all entities can be placed by the chest. This includes mining drills and oil rigs, even though they are not on top of their resources.

NOW WITH BLUEPRINT SUPPORT!

A blueprint placed into a Placement Chest will now be placed automatically. Everything from the blueprint should copy over just like usual. The best use for this could be to continue to place a large blueprint down, so that it does not time out, or to create a self-expanding factory (such as solar fields), using the all new Logistic Placement Chest.

The Logistic Placement Chest acts like a combination of the base Placement Chest and a requester chest.

Screenshots

Logistic Placement Chest and Placement Chest:

Example of self-building blueprint:

TODO

GUI support to allow players to change the placement interval and placement direction per chest.